Fruit trees such as peaches, plums and avocados are easy to grow in South Texas. Peaches and plums require colder weather for fruit production and with our mild winters we have to look for low chilling hour varieties. Somewhere between 100-250 hours is best. We make sure the varieties we sell are self pollinating so you do not have to buy two different varieties to insure fruit production. Citrus is a winner all the way around.
In December and more in January, Sally’s been harvesting lemons from her parent’s Meyer lemon trees by the bucket load and shipping them all over the country. We think they are the juiciest, best flavored lemons ever!
Several varieties of citrus can also be grown in pots if you have limited yard space. Mexican Limes and Meyer Lemons are the two most common.
Many Satsuma Oranges are considered dwarf varieties and are very cold hardy and great container trees as well. Avocado trees can be a little harder to grow, but once they become established they are easy to maintain. We have a great selection of all fruiting trees and now is a great time to plant.
-DeAnna
Shirlee Smith says
When do you have in stock 100-250 chill hour dwarf plum, peach, or apple trees. It’s nice to know that they don’t need a pollinator plant. Also, when do you carry blueberry bushes?
Also, my grandchildren pulled off all of my lemons year before last and the dwarf Meyers lemon hasn’t been the same. Last year during the freeze, they spent a week in our garage. Only one blossomed but it didn’t produce any fruit this year. The other tree didn’t blossom last year and hasn’t yet. I am thinking it is a goner. Should I get rid of the tree? I have both in large pots, just replanted them into larger pots a month ago and went ahead and gave them a little fertilizer.
I really don’t know anything about trees but am willing to learn.
James Gill says
We will have peach and plum in a few weeks. We will not carry apple or blueberry. For good reason.
Removing the lemons would not affect the growth of the tree in a negative way, so more likely the tree roots got too cramped in the pot, or the potting mix compacted over time, or the tree needed more water or more fertilizer. You could hang onto the tree through spring now that it has a larger pot, or you could give up and start over with a new tree. A new tree is more of a sure bet than trying to revive your old tree. You can definitely get much more fruit off a tree planted in the ground than in a pot, and just be prepared to cover in the very rare case of a severe freeze. So you might plant a new one in the ground, and pamper the trees in pots and hope for the best. Remember to create a bed for a tree in the ground, plant high, and keep grass well away from the trunk.